By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A tractor-trailer carrying an oversized load of pipes flipped on its side in the southbound lane of U.S. Highway 101 just south of Yachats […]
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One of many Highway 20 fatal crashes this year helps lead to demise of Oregon college student group
By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews One of the six fatal crashes on busy U.S. Highway 20 east of Newport this year is now being cited as […]
Yachats’ 25th mushroom festival this weekend expected to draw 500 people to walks, talks, workshops
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The popular Yachats Mushroom Festival happens Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20 with special events popping up around town like, well, mushrooms after a rain. […]
YachatsNews asks readers’ help to continue filling reporting gaps in Lincoln County’s “news desert”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Not everyone is as keen on covering the news or reading about it as your staff at YachatsNews – its editor, reporter and freelancers. But for […]
Yachats council will review appraisal of proposed clearcut property south of city on Tuesday
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether the view in Yachats will include a clearcut at the south end of town is uncertain. But not for long. Efforts to stop […]
Beachcomber supporters pack Waldport council meeting to protest permit suspensions
By QUINTON SMITH and GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Citing what it believes are “financial irregularities,” the city of Waldport says it has stopped its permission for Waldport Beachcomber Days […]
After five years of planning, county officials stage ceremonial groundbreaking for animal shelter in Waldport
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – By this time next year a $5 million Lincoln County animal shelter with plenty of room for dogs and cats and where employees can […]
Workforce grants expand capacity of college maritime welding program and sea urchin harvesting startup
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews During his 28 years in the U. S. Coast Guard Len Tumbarello learned a thing or two about running a tight ship. Now, in his latest […]
News Briefs
No injuries when delivery truck crashes into Yachats coffee shop
YACHATS – Oregon State Police cited the driver of a delivery truck early Friday after it left U.S. Highway 101 in downtown Yachats, traveled down a five-foot embankment and […]
Florence teenager is 9th fatality on Highway 20 this year
TOLEDO – A teenager from Florence was killed and another one critically injured Friday when their truck overturned while trying to turn from U.S. Highway 20 into a side road […]
Lincoln County health department announces flu shot clinics
Lincoln County Public Health has scheduled vaccine clinics throughout the county this month. No appointment is necessary, but people getting shots are asked to bring insurance information or let clinicians […]
Samaritan Health offering four flu shot clinics this month
Samaritan Health Services is offering four flu shot clinics this month for Lincoln County children and adults. Appointments are not needed, and vaccinations will be given on a first come, […]
Otis boy on dirt bike dies Oct. 3 in crash with delivery truck
OTIS – A 15-year-old Otis boy was killed Oct. 3 after the dirt bike he was riding collided head-on with a FedEx delivery truck on North Maple Drive, the Lincoln […]
Tibetan nuns touring the U.S. spending six days in Lincoln County performing ceremonies, creating mandala
By Oregon Coast TODAY The first United States tour by a group of Tibetan nuns is in Lincoln City for a week of Tibetan cultural events, workshops, talks and […]
Modern look at Shakespeare’s “Tempest” begins three-week run at Performing Arts Center
By Oregon Coast TODAY “Hell is empty and all the devils are here,” wrote William Shakespeare in his final play, “The Tempest.” New Visions Arts’ colorful, modern take on this […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Yachats-area “cozy mystery” writer adds new book to his body of work
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Doug Yunker has been a small town paperboy, conscientious objector, Peace Corps volunteer, social worker and college professor and administrator. Now, the soon-to-be 82-year-old resident of […]
Letters from Readers
Ex-mayor of Waldport endorses Lambert for position
To the editor: I rarely endorse candidates, but I must endorse Heide Lambert to become the next mayor of Waldport in the Nov. 5 general election. She has long been […]
Former colleague supports Hall for re-election to commission
To the editor: I am writing in support of Commissioner Claire Hall’s candidacy to retain her seat as Lincoln County commissioner. I have had the honor of working with Claire […]
Neighbor says Kilduff will add transparency to Waldport city hall
To the editor: I have lived across the street from Melaia Kilduff for five years. In those five years I have witnessed her life with her family, I watched as […]
Rios supporting Lambert in race for mayor of Waldport
To the editor: It is such wonderful news that Heide Lambert has stepped forward to run for mayor of Waldport in the Nov. 5 general election. I know she believes […]
Oregon News
Eugene developer announces upscale hotel and housing project for downtown Corvallis
An architectural rendering shows the hotel and housing project at the corner of 1st and Madison in Corvallis by the Obie Companies of Eugene. By TIFFANY ECKERT/KLCC News CORVALLIS […]
Oregonians have until midnight Tuesday to register to vote in Nov. 5 election
Time is running out to register to vote ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Oregonians have until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, to register to vote and receive a ballot. […]
4th Congressional District debate Friday draws packed, vocal crowd in Eugene
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle EUGENE — Every chair in Eugene’s WOW Hall was filled Friday afternoon for lively forum between four candidates vying to represent the 4th District in […]
Government announces Social Security payments for millions of Americans will increase by 2.5 percent in 2025
By JULIE WEIL/The Washington Post Social Security recipients will see a 2.5 percent increase in their monthly checks next year, the federal government announced Thursday. It’s a smaller hike than in […]
Does your toddler need an active playmate? OSU study suggests a robot can help
By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service CORVALLIS — Parents seeking help in encouraging toddlers to be physically active may soon need to look no further than an inexpensive robotic buddy […]
State agency approves $40 million for North Bend affordable housing project
By LEXI RYAN/KCBY News NORTH BEND — Approximately $40 million is headed to Coos County to create more affordable housing, making this the biggest investment in affordable housing in decades, […]
Oregon officials call for DMV audit as number of noncitizens registered to vote by agency increases
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s governor and top elections official asked Monday for an independent external audit of the state’s automatic voter registration system after the Motor […]
Oregon Department of Forestry struggles to recover more than $24 million from people responsible for wildfires
The Holiday Fire in 2020 near Eugene burned more than 173,000 acres and was one of the largest wildfires in Oregon history. The Oregon Department of Forestry is still waiting […]